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Bruttium, Skylletion Æ 21mm. Circa 350-325 BC. Beardless male head to left, wearing pileos / Scylla swimming to left, right arm raised, holding oar in left. HN Italy 2565; CNS III p. 319, 1 (under "unidentified mercenaries"); SNG ANS 800; SNG Copenhagen 1993; HGC 1, 1722 (R2); CNG E-294, 18 (hammer: USD 1,100). 8.26g, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine; lightly smoothed. Very Rare.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.
According to Greek mythological traditions, the settlement of Skylletion was founded by heroes from the Trojan War, either led by Menestheus (an Athenian ruler) or Odysseus himself, in commemoration of his escape from the monster, Scylla, in the Strait of Messina. Only a single bronze emission is attributed to the city, of which the present coin is an example.
Near Very Fine; lightly smoothed. Very Rare.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection.
According to Greek mythological traditions, the settlement of Skylletion was founded by heroes from the Trojan War, either led by Menestheus (an Athenian ruler) or Odysseus himself, in commemoration of his escape from the monster, Scylla, in the Strait of Messina. Only a single bronze emission is attributed to the city, of which the present coin is an example.